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tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm don lemon. diplomatic efforts are intensifying to put an end to the deadly fighting between israel and hamas. even with international calls for restraint, preparations for an all-out war are taking place. 65 palestinians and 3 israelis have been killed in five days of air attacks. hamas says ten members of the same family were massacred during an israeli air strike in gaza. israel said it was targeting a top militant. >> air sirens screamed out at times in tel aviv for a third straight day. but two rockets headed for israel's largest city were intercepted. dozens more rockets were fired from gaza into israel including one that hit the town. injured an unsuspecting number of people. meanwhile, egypt and president mohamed morsi say discussions are under way in cairo and arab league foreign ministers are set to visit gaza on tuesday. violence has become a daily nightmare for people living in gaza. anderson cooper joins us now. take us to the ground and what's going on. what you seeing and hearing?
tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm don lemon. diplomatic efforts are intensifying to put an end to the deadly fighting between israel and hamas. even with international calls for restraint, preparations for an all-out war are taking place. 65 palestinians and 3 israelis have been killed in five days of air attacks. hamas says ten members of the same family were massacred during an israeli air strike in gaza. israel said it was targeting a top...
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you're in the cnn newsroom. the next 24 hours may be critical in finding out which direction hamas will take. 38,000 troops amass at the gaza border and tough talk from both sides, there's still a chance for diplomacy. but time is running out. today was the deadliest day yet. israel saying it lobbed 135 rockets into gaza and some reports say up to 29 palestinians were killed today alone, including 10 members of the same family. on the other side of the border, air sirens screamed out in several cities. israel says it intercepted dozens of the nearly 150 rockets hamas fired including two targeted at tel aviv. the shelling is intense on both sides. cnn's anderson cooper witnessed it firsthand. he's been reporting live from gaza city. and earlier, i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. watch what happened. >> in that blast, we know ten members of one family, also two media centers built -- [ blast ]. whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred -- just look out here. i
you're in the cnn newsroom. the next 24 hours may be critical in finding out which direction hamas will take. 38,000 troops amass at the gaza border and tough talk from both sides, there's still a chance for diplomacy. but time is running out. today was the deadliest day yet. israel saying it lobbed 135 rockets into gaza and some reports say up to 29 palestinians were killed today alone, including 10 members of the same family. on the other side of the border, air sirens screamed out in several...
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cnn's anderson cooper witnessed it firsthand. he's been reporting live from gaza city and earlier i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. watch what happened. >> in that blast we know ten members of one family, also two media centers -- whoa. that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms. but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past, really in the past hour. there've been a numb beof explosions the past hour or two. but that one was pretty loud. we actually -- the rockets continue to be fired from gaza toward israel, about three or four hours ago there was actually a quite large rocket that was fired very close to -- went very close to the building where we are right now. you mentioned a tightly packed city, 1.7 million people, and you know, people living right on top of each other, and so kind of echoes ricochet off buildings. so unless you actually
cnn's anderson cooper witnessed it firsthand. he's been reporting live from gaza city and earlier i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. watch what happened. >> in that blast we know ten members of one family, also two media centers -- whoa. that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms. but that was probably the largest explosion that...
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cnn's jim clancy knows this area like few. earlier he explained why israel's strategy may be doomed. >> so i thought it was interesting this morning you told me about israel's tactics, that they've used in the past -- do you think they're viable now in. >> they're not working. it's obvious they're not working. what we have here is a situation where there was a sha roen, lieberman and now netanyahu strategy. the strategy was, give the palestinians gaza. there's no water there. they get their water from israel, salty in the summertime, hang on to the west bank. just move back the guard towers in gaza and control that area. at the same time, take negotiations off the table and as we've seen during mr. netanyahu's stint as prime minister, don, zero negotiations, real negotiations. so this is a strategy that -- the missiles are proving it's not go 0ing to work. they can go in again, but it's not going to accomplish anything. it just puts us back there. this is cast-led light if you will right now. >> putting the situation back to -
cnn's jim clancy knows this area like few. earlier he explained why israel's strategy may be doomed. >> so i thought it was interesting this morning you told me about israel's tactics, that they've used in the past -- do you think they're viable now in. >> they're not working. it's obvious they're not working. what we have here is a situation where there was a sha roen, lieberman and now netanyahu strategy. the strategy was, give the palestinians gaza. there's no water there. they...
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stay with cnn for the latest on the middle east crisis and peace efforts. all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >>> piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. 10:00 on the east coast of the united states, 5:00 a.m. in gaza city. and a day of dramatic developments on both sides of the border in gaza and the gaza strip and throughout israel. a lot of talk about cooling down, about a potential cease-fire. we have seen things heat up. it is very hot, indeed. a short time ago, several hours ago, many explosions just in the area behind me. i'll show you the videotape. no audio, so i'll talk over it. we didn't realize what was about to occur and we weren't recording sound during it. but a very loud blast as you see right there, basically all of us ducked down in the office. we thought that was the end of it. and our cameraman panned over. and a series of more explosions. it turns out this was a number of government buildings that is what is said to have been hit. it's not clear if those are secondary explosions or if those are multiple rockets going into the building. the
stay with cnn for the latest on the middle east crisis and peace efforts. all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >>> piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. 10:00 on the east coast of the united states, 5:00 a.m. in gaza city. and a day of dramatic developments on both sides of the border in gaza and the gaza strip and throughout israel. a lot of talk about cooling down, about a potential cease-fire. we have seen things heat up. it is very hot, indeed. a short...
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and cnn contributor and jill dougherty, our foreign affairs correspondent. anne marie, is it as simple as that, that israel says they are willing to talk and settlements aren't an issue? >> no, and it's above all not as simple as saying that hamas is a terrorist organization, and they have to stop. israel of all nations should understand the symbolism of david versus goliath. the more they act and the more casualties, the more destruction in gaza, they have done this repeatedly and they themselves understand that this is only a temporary solution. there has to be a negotiation. the most positive thing we've heard tonight, anderson, is that everything could be back in play. it's been frozen for months and months, so everything could be back in play, but hamas has got to be part of the solution, at least as represented by the egyptians. you can't just pretend they are not there and negotiate only with fatah. >> what about that? honestly, what is likelihood of a long-term solution, the likelihood of what a long-term negotiation really is? many have said israel
and cnn contributor and jill dougherty, our foreign affairs correspondent. anne marie, is it as simple as that, that israel says they are willing to talk and settlements aren't an issue? >> no, and it's above all not as simple as saying that hamas is a terrorist organization, and they have to stop. israel of all nations should understand the symbolism of david versus goliath. the more they act and the more casualties, the more destruction in gaza, they have done this repeatedly and they...
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zero heartburn. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> our cnn international anchor hole la gorani joining us from the cnn center in atlanta. what are you learning about all of the talk of a possibling possibly imminent cease-fire? >> i've been in touch with sources familiar with the negotiations and talks going on in jerusalem and tel aviv, as well. and who was familiar with the conversations that occurred between the prime minister and israel and various officials, including the united nations' secretary-general. i understand that, as far as the israelis are concerned, despite the fact that a hamas official announced a cease-fire agreement had been reached that as far as the israelis are concerned that's not the case, they are not there yet and one of the requests to being floated a period of 24 hours of total calm be put in place before the israeli side agrees to any deals. so this would add one more layer to our understanding what's discussed behind closed doors, as far as the hamas and palestinian position, there are questions of end of targets assassinations and easing of the blockad
zero heartburn. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> our cnn international anchor hole la gorani joining us from the cnn center in atlanta. what are you learning about all of the talk of a possibling possibly imminent cease-fire? >> i've been in touch with sources familiar with the negotiations and talks going on in jerusalem and tel aviv, as well. and who was familiar with the conversations that occurred between the prime minister and israel and various officials, including...
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cnn correspondents have seen it with their own eye as cross southern israel. the troops and equipment is in place. he says they're ready to go. >> reporter: bob, wrooef seen ground offensives before, 2008, 2009. what would that look like this time? >> well, anderson, you've been there a lot. and you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force. there is no benefit from it. but on the other hand, if hamas is going to continue these rocket attacks, they're going to have to. but i think at the end of the day, what hamas would like to do is draw sympathy for the palestinians and draw the support of countries like egypt, you know, what's left of syria, jordan and the rest of it. and i think they're continuing to look for some sort of arab backing, hoping to get something out of it. >> reporter: ben, i want to ask you, i talked to the foreign ministry spokesman earlier. he sort of demured on the answer. does hamas come out of t
cnn correspondents have seen it with their own eye as cross southern israel. the troops and equipment is in place. he says they're ready to go. >> reporter: bob, wrooef seen ground offensives before, 2008, 2009. what would that look like this time? >> well, anderson, you've been there a lot. and you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force....
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when we were live on cnn. also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, just look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past -- really in the past hour. by daylight, the results of that strike were clear. and this is the results of the explosion that we witnessed last night. it's the police station or a police station in gaza city. local people say it was still being built so there weren't a lot of police officers or anybody inside. two people were injured, they say, it's not clear who those people were. but the building is pretty well destroyed. it will take quite awhile to rebuild. all day and all night, idf drones fly over gaza looking for targets but it hasn't stopped the rockets from being fired into israel. that's a rocket that's just been fired up there. you can see the smoke trail in the sky. that's about the fifth rocket we've seen being fired in the last 20 minutes or so. cnn's fred pleitjen
when we were live on cnn. also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, just look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past -- really in the past hour. by daylight, the results of that strike were clear. and this is the results of the explosion that we witnessed last night. it's the police station or a police station in...
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>>> it's the top of the hour, you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm garry tuchman sitting in for fredericka whitfield. >>> israel and hamas militants in gaza are fight forgive a fourth straight day with no letup in sight. anderson cooper is in gaza city, anderson cooper is in israel. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, the
>>> it's the top of the hour, you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm garry tuchman sitting in for fredericka whitfield. >>> israel and hamas militants in gaza are fight forgive a fourth straight day with no letup in sight. anderson cooper is in gaza city, anderson cooper is in israel. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket...
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we'll have much more as we continue here on cnn. we also saw one of our correspondents fred plankon there on the border between israel and gaza having to hit the ground. that gave us an indication he was live when that happened. that certainly gave us an indication that this is ongoing and, of course, evening is approaching there in israel, and that's when so often there seems to be even more of
we'll have much more as we continue here on cnn. we also saw one of our correspondents fred plankon there on the border between israel and gaza having to hit the ground. that gave us an indication he was live when that happened. that certainly gave us an indication that this is ongoing and, of course, evening is approaching there in israel, and that's when so often there seems to be even more of
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cnn's wolf blitzer visited a home left in ruins there. a family of six ran to a safe room and survived with just 30 seconds to spare. farther north outside tel aviv, a residential building was also hit. just hours ago in jerusalem, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for peace talks. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. >> that is what the last 24 hours have looked like. again, the breaking news this evening, a series of massive explosions have really rocked central gaza city over the last hour or two, and it is often the time when some of the biggest explosions occur so we are watching with some trepidation to see what may occur over the next hour. we will talk to wolf blitzer, my colleague from cnn, in jerusalem. also here with me is arwa damon, ben wedeman, also fuad ajami joining us from new york. later on we will be joined by princeton university's ann marie slaughter as well as talking to the israeli
cnn's wolf blitzer visited a home left in ruins there. a family of six ran to a safe room and survived with just 30 seconds to spare. farther north outside tel aviv, a residential building was also hit. just hours ago in jerusalem, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for peace talks. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. >> that is what the last 24...
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log on to cnn dots come/impact. you'll find all kinds of information on how to contribute to the relief effort. >>> just ahead, it is certainly not easy trying to return to a normal life after being in a war zone. but a cnn hero is helping veterans try to make that transition. >>> and you'll also meet a man who helps rescue soldiers' legacies by finding their lost combat medals. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will b
log on to cnn dots come/impact. you'll find all kinds of information on how to contribute to the relief effort. >>> just ahead, it is certainly not easy trying to return to a normal life after being in a war zone. but a cnn hero is helping veterans try to make that transition. >>> and you'll also meet a man who helps rescue soldiers' legacies by finding their lost combat medals. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up....
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. >> breaking news here on cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. let me get you up to speed in case you are just tuning in. we have learned the cia director, general petraeus retired four star general is now stepping down. president obama today accepting his resignation. the general citing an extramarital affair. he has been married to his wife holly for some 37 years, but he says because he has stepped out, he is stepping down. a little bit of color. we have gotten from barbara starr at the pentagon. not only does it have a huge hit on the cia as they move forward it is rippling within his family as well, not only the wife, holly but his son that served our country and in the toughest neighborhoods in afghanistan to quote our correspondent in the pentagon. this couple go all the way back to when general petraeus was cadet petraeus and he met holly because her dad was the superintendent of the school. so goes a long way back. now we want to bring you up to speed with suzanne kelly and jess ka yellin, our chief white house corres
. >> breaking news here on cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. let me get you up to speed in case you are just tuning in. we have learned the cia director, general petraeus retired four star general is now stepping down. president obama today accepting his resignation. the general citing an extramarital affair. he has been married to his wife holly for some 37 years, but he says because he has stepped out, he is stepping down. a little bit of color. we have gotten from barbara starr at the pentagon....
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end of snotory. >> we're joined by two cnn contributors. tom fuentes and james marks. thanks very much for coming in. you think he's finally put this benghazi thing to rest, general petraeus, by his testimony, or are there still lingering questions out there? >> this is a store thaet won't go away for some time. there truly is a disconnect between what was earlier in the process reported and what dave petraeus is now saying inside the room, and even that is being discussed and debated. >> what about the confirmation potentially of season rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. you think because of what happened in benghazi, what she said five days after september 11th on those sunday morning talk shows, is that legitimate to go after her on this as opposed -- the president says, you have a problem, come after me, don't go after her. >> we need to stop attacking ambassador rice. she was on message. she didn't make that up when she went on the talk shows. she was not rolling her own intelligence jrb she had talking points. she stayed on message. the challenge we have to co
end of snotory. >> we're joined by two cnn contributors. tom fuentes and james marks. thanks very much for coming in. you think he's finally put this benghazi thing to rest, general petraeus, by his testimony, or are there still lingering questions out there? >> this is a store thaet won't go away for some time. there truly is a disconnect between what was earlier in the process reported and what dave petraeus is now saying inside the room, and even that is being discussed and...
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>> in israeli official told cnn you know on background that like an alcoholic with a bottle of whisky in front of them, hamas with weapons means they're going to shoot them. the temptation is just too great and now that they've demonstrated greater range in order to hit areas near tel aviv or jerusalem, that changes the calculus somewhat for israel. they do not want to be back in this situation in a few months. in other words, they're not going to cut a quick deal and be right back where they started before this. they want to send a very, very clear message to hamas not to fire these rockets. they want to cripple some of hamas' capability in terms of being able to reach inside israel. >> thanks, chris. well, "outfront" now, neftali bennett, is former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu and a major in the ids special forces and ed hussein. great to see both of you. neftali, let me start with you. you heard chris lawrence reporting that hamas is better armed now than it was a few years ago, but i think the israeli government has called up 75,000 reservists. some people i know had to sa
>> in israeli official told cnn you know on background that like an alcoholic with a bottle of whisky in front of them, hamas with weapons means they're going to shoot them. the temptation is just too great and now that they've demonstrated greater range in order to hit areas near tel aviv or jerusalem, that changes the calculus somewhat for israel. they do not want to be back in this situation in a few months. in other words, they're not going to cut a quick deal and be right back where...
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cnn's martin savidge joins us from cleveland. early voting, martin, very important for the president. how's it looking where you are in cleveland right now? >> reporter: well, at least the cnn poll of the early voters seem to be going very much in president obama's favor. let me point out something here. the early voting has finally come to an end in the state of ohio. the reason i say finally is it began october 2nd. it ended at 2:00 this afternoon. the complete tallies for the state are not up. but up until friday, 1.6 million early votes were cast. of that, 1.1 million were absentee ballots. in cuyahoga county, 282,589 votes were cast. here's the number that could end up haunting the state. 1.3 million absentee ballots were sent out. so far, 1.1 million have come back. 200,000 absentee ballots still out there somewhere. the worry is that many of those ballots could actually be people who show up to vote on election day. they can do that but they'll be given a provisional ballot. we already know there's a lot of legal wrangling
cnn's martin savidge joins us from cleveland. early voting, martin, very important for the president. how's it looking where you are in cleveland right now? >> reporter: well, at least the cnn poll of the early voters seem to be going very much in president obama's favor. let me point out something here. the early voting has finally come to an end in the state of ohio. the reason i say finally is it began october 2nd. it ended at 2:00 this afternoon. the complete tallies for the state are...
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>> cnn can now confirm from a u.s. official that the fbi had a tip that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair. that's the way they would have sort of started an investigation. the fbi woif been the ones to look into that. the official told us that the fbi counterintelligence unit investigated this to see whether or not there was a potential security risk really whether anyone could have taken this information and blackmailed general petraeus with it, which would have been a security risk. the official says there's no suggestion that the fbi was investigating petraeus for any possible wrong doing but more they were looking at him for potential vulnerability. >> they were looking to see if this affair which he has now acknowledged potentially could have resulted in classified information going to an inappropriate source, is that what you're saying? >> that's one possibility that the fbi looks at when they conduct investigations like this. another would have been if somebody had information on him that the
>> cnn can now confirm from a u.s. official that the fbi had a tip that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair. that's the way they would have sort of started an investigation. the fbi woif been the ones to look into that. the official told us that the fbi counterintelligence unit investigated this to see whether or not there was a potential security risk really whether anyone could have taken this information and blackmailed general petraeus with it, which would have been...
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i'm joined by cnn's legal analy analyst jeffrey toobin. we're talking about marijuana for recreational purposes. there's a big difference. >> it is. and the governor is quite clear and right. it is not legal under federal law to possess marijuana. now, what makes this a peculiar situation is that in most jurisdictions when i was assistant u.s. attorney in new york, we had rules. we didn't prosecute under federal except very large quantities of marijuana. we left that to the states. here, apparently, the state is not going to prosecute. but even though the federal government doesn't generally prosecute, it's still illegal. so obviously there has to be some sort of negotiation here or people are taking a terrible risk. >> so what's the next legal step? the folks in colorado think that they're going to be able to go buy marijuana and use it for fun, whatever, and the federal government says not so fast. >> right. when the federal government government -- the obama administration has been quite clear that they are going to enforce federal law.
i'm joined by cnn's legal analy analyst jeffrey toobin. we're talking about marijuana for recreational purposes. there's a big difference. >> it is. and the governor is quite clear and right. it is not legal under federal law to possess marijuana. now, what makes this a peculiar situation is that in most jurisdictions when i was assistant u.s. attorney in new york, we had rules. we didn't prosecute under federal except very large quantities of marijuana. we left that to the states. here,...
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i'm brooke baldwin at the world headquarters of cnn in atlanta. let's go to my friend wolf blitzer, "the situation room" starts right now. hey, wolf. >> hi, brooke. thanks very much. happening now, president obama gets down to business. he's signaling what his priorities are for term two. also, a dramatic courtroom confrontation of the former congresswoman gabrielle gifford stares down the man who tried to kill her. now that the voters have had their say, colorado's marijuana growers and would-be legal dealers face a showdown with the federal government. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we're getting our first inside hints about what's on the president's to-do list now that the election is over. the list includes huge issues like taxes, the deficit, headline making overseas trip and a possible shakeup of his cabinet. let's get right to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she's been doing some reporting. jessica, what are you learning? >> reporter: hi, wolf. first the reports that the president is going to
i'm brooke baldwin at the world headquarters of cnn in atlanta. let's go to my friend wolf blitzer, "the situation room" starts right now. hey, wolf. >> hi, brooke. thanks very much. happening now, president obama gets down to business. he's signaling what his priorities are for term two. also, a dramatic courtroom confrontation of the former congresswoman gabrielle gifford stares down the man who tried to kill her. now that the voters have had their say, colorado's marijuana...
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now, i will tell you that cnn -- a source told cnn that the fbi was investigating a tip, as you mentioned, that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair with paula broadwell, who is his biographer. cnn hasn't been able to get in touch with her. in the letter that david petraeus put out yesterday, he doesn't name, of course, anyone who he was having the affair with, he just admits that it happened, that he did it, he's sorry and he's stepping down. >> all right, suzanne kelly. thank you very much. >>> in the aftermath of superstorm sandy, getting the lights back on will not come soon enough. about 150,000 utility customers are still in the dark, sitting in the cold, and that's just on long island. emotions are high, tempers are flaring at the slow pace of this recovery. our national correspondent, susan candiotti is in hemp stead. susan, how much progress are you seeing where you are? >> reporter: well, i mean it's coming in dribs and drabs. not enough progress for all the people who live in this area. here's where i am now. this operation has been going on a week now put on b
now, i will tell you that cnn -- a source told cnn that the fbi was investigating a tip, as you mentioned, that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair with paula broadwell, who is his biographer. cnn hasn't been able to get in touch with her. in the letter that david petraeus put out yesterday, he doesn't name, of course, anyone who he was having the affair with, he just admits that it happened, that he did it, he's sorry and he's stepping down. >> all right, suzanne kelly....
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the next hour of cnn "newsroom" begins after a short break. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. this morning a reminder of how dangerous it is to report from a combat zone. watch this. unbelievable. that's gaza city about 90 minutes ago. cnn's arwa damon says an israeli air strike has hit a building that houses a news agency connected to militants. international concerns grow. troubling numbers continue to pile up. israel says it's struck more than 1,300 palestinian targets and israel's military says gaza has fired more than 1,000 rockets in response. also growing this morning, the death toll. at least 92 people reported dead in gaza, including women and children, t
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reported on hopes for a break in cross border rocket attacks, but a senior hamas official described to cnn as a calming down period. even as diplomats including secretary of state hillary clinton searched for a truce, the fighting last night intensified. israel trained rockets and artillery fire on gaza overnight. 100 confirmed strikes destroyed bridges, tunnels and buildings. hamas returned fire with dozens of rockets, 62. about a third were intercepted by the iron dome defense system. this attack, a bomb, a public bus around lunch time, not far from israel's military headquarters. the blast wounded 24 people, added a new urgency to efforts to reach a cease-fire. the military wing of hamas tweeted to israelis, you opened the gates of hell on yourselves. 40 minutes after the bus bombing, our cameras captured this explosion in gaza city. all the while there was a flurry of diplomating activity. secretary clinton met with palestinian authority mahmoud abbas in the west bank and benjamin net ya knetanahu in ca. let's go straight to fred pleitgen where sirens have been going off earlier. and j
reported on hopes for a break in cross border rocket attacks, but a senior hamas official described to cnn as a calming down period. even as diplomats including secretary of state hillary clinton searched for a truce, the fighting last night intensified. israel trained rockets and artillery fire on gaza overnight. 100 confirmed strikes destroyed bridges, tunnels and buildings. hamas returned fire with dozens of rockets, 62. about a third were intercepted by the iron dome defense system. this...
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cnn reported. other networks. they have been shooting the rockets out of the middle of build-up neighborhoods. munitions, stockpiles, command and control in the middle of civilian neighborhoods. forcing us to fight there. this is a war crime. you know, it's illegal under international law to use civilians as human shield and hamas does it. we nevertheless try to be as surgical as we can. it's difficult. >> not once but twice targeted a building with international media in gaza. why? >> we've had a situation, unfortunately, where hamas has used buildings where media is using for their own command and control. we had a situation today where four terrorists of islamic jihad hiding out in a building with international media. in those situations, we are very careful. we do everything we can to make sure journalists are not harmed and we are surgical as is humanly possible and as far as i know no journalist was harmed. >> in that building. but are you going to continue going after that specific target? >> we'll go after
cnn reported. other networks. they have been shooting the rockets out of the middle of build-up neighborhoods. munitions, stockpiles, command and control in the middle of civilian neighborhoods. forcing us to fight there. this is a war crime. you know, it's illegal under international law to use civilians as human shield and hamas does it. we nevertheless try to be as surgical as we can. it's difficult. >> not once but twice targeted a building with international media in gaza. why?...
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cnn's jim clancy is searching with u.s. national guard troops. >> reporter: a sometimes forceful systematic search for survivors. >> every time we clear the street -- >> reporter: dozens of members of the u.s. army and air force national guard joined members of the ocean county's prosecutor office to probe seemingly abandoned homes on long beach island's community. in distressed situation they forcibly opened homes to call out for survivors. the prosecutors are on hand because they have jurisdiction if any bodies are uncovered. but in most cases it was a straightforward call to ask if anyone was inside. >> national guard. this part of the mission is search and rescue. pretty much nobody has been here. so we've been trying to see if any residents that have stayed over during the hurricane survived. that's basically what we're looking for here, any survivors. >> reporter: homes already ripped open by superstorm sandy were searched inside and out while these guard teams from new jersey kept a sharp look out for signs of life a
cnn's jim clancy is searching with u.s. national guard troops. >> reporter: a sometimes forceful systematic search for survivors. >> every time we clear the street -- >> reporter: dozens of members of the u.s. army and air force national guard joined members of the ocean county's prosecutor office to probe seemingly abandoned homes on long beach island's community. in distressed situation they forcibly opened homes to call out for survivors. the prosecutors are on hand because...
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cnn's kyung lah is joining us right now with details. what do we know about this alleged terror plot? >> reporter: the fbi just wrapped up a news conference here in los angeles at the federal building. and we did learn more about this group, made from different ethnic groups, and they are all part of what the fbi is saying a very serious home-grown terrorist network, with a singular plan, to kill americans overseas and they hatched that plan right here in southern california. an event so unusual at this normally quiet home, that neighbor jen collins snapped pictures from her front window. she was so alarmed, she didn't fully open the blinds, but could see federal agents descending on the home of her neighbor, now charged in a terrorist conspiracy. >> it's kind of like shocking, like, well, they say for my son to go outside, like, it kills me. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint, the apparent ringleader is omar kabir, born in afghanistan. one of the defendants refer to him as a mujahideen. they say they shared violent and ext
cnn's kyung lah is joining us right now with details. what do we know about this alleged terror plot? >> reporter: the fbi just wrapped up a news conference here in los angeles at the federal building. and we did learn more about this group, made from different ethnic groups, and they are all part of what the fbi is saying a very serious home-grown terrorist network, with a singular plan, to kill americans overseas and they hatched that plan right here in southern california. an event so...
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cnn is seen around the world. >> is cnn in gaza? >> a lot of them right now didn't have electricity. i think some people had satellite dishes and able to see it. but you try -- i actually didn't wear body armor all the time just because -- >> i saw some pictures of you wearing it. >> in some cases you would, and in other times you didn't. a lot had to do if i was interacting with people who did not -- just regular people, i generally don't wear body armor because i think it sends the wrong message. if i'm asking people to tell me their story and to feel -- i feel like i should be taking a risk with them. >> i'm glad you got out safe and sound. you're going to have more coming up later tonight. >> that's right. 8:00 and 10:00 eastern in the u.s. >> we'll be watching. >> thanks. >> andserson, thanks very much for the excellent work. >>> disturbing signs of deadly crisis in syria actually is boiling over in the middle east. up next, we're going to tell you why one neighboring country is now asking nato for missiles. stay with us, you'r
cnn is seen around the world. >> is cnn in gaza? >> a lot of them right now didn't have electricity. i think some people had satellite dishes and able to see it. but you try -- i actually didn't wear body armor all the time just because -- >> i saw some pictures of you wearing it. >> in some cases you would, and in other times you didn't. a lot had to do if i was interacting with people who did not -- just regular people, i generally don't wear body armor because i think...
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he's the host of cnn's fareed zakaria gps. fareed, you heard what george mitchell is saying, his experience in the region, do you believe there's a real possibility this could turn out to be an all-out war? >> no. i don't. i think that at the end of the day, keep in mind, israel has the most powerful military in the region by far. this provides enormous deterrent capacity by which the president of egypt might make fiery speeches, the president of turkey might say some emotional things. none of them are going to risk taking on the israeli military. so i think the reality is you'll see a very lopsided contest between the most powerful military in the middle east and gaza and hamas who have some few hundred rockets. it's going to raise political tensions. it's going to make it much harder to see how israel ever gets to a comprehensive peace, ever able to negotiate with the palestinians. all those things remain true. but at the end of the day, issues of war and peace these countries like egypt and turkey are very, very careful and
he's the host of cnn's fareed zakaria gps. fareed, you heard what george mitchell is saying, his experience in the region, do you believe there's a real possibility this could turn out to be an all-out war? >> no. i don't. i think that at the end of the day, keep in mind, israel has the most powerful military in the region by far. this provides enormous deterrent capacity by which the president of egypt might make fiery speeches, the president of turkey might say some emotional things....
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cnn's cedrick prankins was where air raid sirens went off. one sounded when i was on the air with cnn international anchor colleen mcedwards. here's what happened. >> reporter: the crews working on the ground and that seems to indeed be part of all of the rocket that has handed here. people here spend most of their days indoors -- there is another attack. there's another rocket alert going on right now. we've got to get out of here. >> okay, go, fred. there you see it, a strike in ashca lan, just a short time ago, we're seeing pictures there, we've got the pictures you up as fred and our camera crew get out of the way. the sirens sounding again in ashcalan, a sign that another strike is coming. can we listen here? >> reporter: now we have the impact. colleen, we can stay on. >> we're with you. >> reporter: you still there? >> yes, we're with you. go ahead. >> reporter: okay. colleen, basically what just happened is the air sirens went off, and we then ran to a -- sort of a shelter we have right here. this is a residential building that we're
cnn's cedrick prankins was where air raid sirens went off. one sounded when i was on the air with cnn international anchor colleen mcedwards. here's what happened. >> reporter: the crews working on the ground and that seems to indeed be part of all of the rocket that has handed here. people here spend most of their days indoors -- there is another attack. there's another rocket alert going on right now. we've got to get out of here. >> okay, go, fred. there you see it, a strike in...
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cnn, by the way, repeatedly tried to contact paula broadwell for comment. a neighbor tells cnn she is in touch with broadwell because she's helping take care of her north carolina house. she wouldn't reveal exactly where broadwell is right now. let's bring in tom ricks right now, author of the new book "the generals." a well-known military expert, a correspondent for "the washington post" in his older days and knows general petraeus and paula broadwell. have you heard anything from either of them over the weekend? we spoke on friday, tom. >> i have not heard from either of them, in. >> what is your sense, because you know both of them quite well, in fact, there was one report and i think you confirmed it. you helped her get the book contract for that biography of general petraeus. is that right? >> i wouldn't say i know them both well. i have known petraeus about 15 years. ifr known paula broadwell i think probably four years. it's been a professional sort of dealings with them. i have, for example, never had dinner with petraeus. i helped paula with the bo
cnn, by the way, repeatedly tried to contact paula broadwell for comment. a neighbor tells cnn she is in touch with broadwell because she's helping take care of her north carolina house. she wouldn't reveal exactly where broadwell is right now. let's bring in tom ricks right now, author of the new book "the generals." a well-known military expert, a correspondent for "the washington post" in his older days and knows general petraeus and paula broadwell. have you heard...